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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
In [[1885]], he unsuccessfully dragged a lake looking for [[Hatty Doran]]'s body. Dr. [[John Watson]]'s notes on the case were later written as a story by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and published in ''[[The Strand]]''. In [[1887]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] saw him drinking in [[the Tank]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | In [[1885]], he unsuccessfully dragged a lake looking for [[Hatty Doran]]'s body. Dr. [[John Watson]]'s notes on the case were later written as a story by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and published in ''[[The Strand (magazine)|The Strand]]''. In [[1887]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] saw him drinking in [[the Tank]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') | ||
In [[1897]], he took credit for the apprehension of [[Janus (Bat Attack!)|Professor Janus]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bat Attack!]]'') | In [[1897]], he took credit for the apprehension of [[Janus (Bat Attack!)|Professor Janus]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bat Attack!]]'') | ||
Revision as of 04:34, 16 July 2013
Inspector Lestrade was a detective of Scotland Yard. He came from the old school that was more concerned with making an arrest than amassing evidence.
Biography
In 1885, he unsuccessfully dragged a lake looking for Hatty Doran's body. Dr. John Watson's notes on the case were later written as a story by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in The Strand. In 1887, the Seventh Doctor saw him drinking in the Tank. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire)
In 1897, he took credit for the apprehension of Professor Janus. (COMIC: Bat Attack!)
Behind the scenes
- Inspector Lestrade is best known as a supporting character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories but also exists as a real person in the Doctor Who universe.
- In-story dating of The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor places the murder of Hatty Doran in 1887 or 1888.
- Rupert Graves played Inspector Lestrade in Sherlock, a modern-day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Graves went on to play John Riddell in TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.
